Post Utme Bowen University 2019 Literature Question 11

Practice objective / multiple choice question 11 from the 2019 Post Utme Bowen University Literature examination.

Post Utme Bowen University 2019 Literature Objective / Multiple Choice
Question 11 POST_UTME_BOWEN_UNIVERSITY • 2019 • LITERATURE • objective

In the poem 'The New Colossus' by Emma Lazarus, what is the significance of the line 'Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!'?

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. The line symbolizes the American Dream.
B. The line represents the Statue of Liberty.
C. The line is a metaphor for freedom.
D. The line is a reference to the poem's theme of hope.
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
The line symbolizes the American Dream.

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This is Post Utme Bowen University 2019 Literature Question 11. It is one of the objective questions from the 2019 Post Utme Bowen University Literature examination.

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